<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Hello everyone,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">I wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know that OpenMedia is pleased to announce <b>Laura Tribe </b>(Laura@OpenMedia.org) as our new Executive Director, effective immediately. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Laura takes over from Alexa Pitoulis, who has served as our Interim Executive Director for the past six months. Many of you may be familiar with Laura’s name, as she has worked with us for over a year as our lead campaigner on privacy issues.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">We’ve set out these changes in a Letter to our Community from our Board Chair Phillip Djwa that’s <a href="http://t.sidekickopen55.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LqXMYW7d-mYg8qlQzqVRrZFz56dwBzd8PYxC02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fopenmedia.org%2Fen%2Fletter-community-introducing-openmedias-new-executive-director&si=5688634727202816&pi=e6b960ef-b2f1-4074-ad41-704f557a2350" target="_blank">available on our website</a>. Alexa is now moving on from OpenMedia, and you may also be interested in reading her <a href="http://t.sidekickopen55.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LqXMYW7d-mYg8qlQzqVRrZFz56dwBzd8PYxC02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fopenmedia.org%2Fen%2Fletter-community-reflections-my-time-openmedia&si=5688634727202816&pi=e6b960ef-b2f1-4074-ad41-704f557a2350" target="_blank">reflections on her time with us</a>.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Finally, we’re in the process of hiring a new campaigner to take over from Laura in steering our Canadian privacy work. (please keep sharing our <a href="http://t.sidekickopen55.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LqXMYW7d-mYg8qlQzqVRrZFz56dwBzd8PYxC02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fopenmedia.bamboohr.co.uk%2Fjobs%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D9&si=5688634727202816&pi=e6b960ef-b2f1-4074-ad41-704f557a2350" target="_blank">job description</a> far and wide!) In the meantime, feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the above.<br><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">I founded OpenMedia and don't worry I'm not disappearing. I will continue on in a <a href="http://t.sidekickopen55.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LqXMYW7d-mYg8qlQzqVRrZFz56dwBzd8PYxC02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fopenmedia.org%2Fen%2Fletter-community-how-openmedia-changing-face-challenges-and-opportunities-2016&si=5688634727202816&pi=e6b960ef-b2f1-4074-ad41-704f557a2350">Senior Strategist</a> role and you can feel free to reach out to me at any time. So far I'm enjoying spending more of my time on digital rights advocacy and less on organizational development! <br></span><br>onward!</div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="font-style:normal">--</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div><b>Steve Anderson</b><br>Founder, Senior Strategist and Internet Governance Analyst</div><div>OpenMedia.org | <i style="text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The Internet Needs You -->></i><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"> </span><a href="http://openmedia.org/" style="text-align:-webkit-auto" target="_blank">http://openmedia.org</a></div></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></span></div><div><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">604-837-5730</span><br></div><div><a href="http://t.sidekickopen55.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LqXMYW7d-mYg8qlQzqVRrZFz56dwBzd8PYxC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FSteve_Media&si=5688634727202816&pi=e6b960ef-b2f1-4074-ad41-704f557a2350" style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Follow me on Twitter</a><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse"></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Steve.Media" target="_blank">Follow me on Facebook</a></span></div><div><br></div></span></div></font></span></span></div></span></span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i>*You have the right to link to content and services of your choice online -->> <a href="http://t.sidekickopen55.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs3LqXMYW7d-mYg8qlQzqVRrZFz56dwBzd8PYxC02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fsavethelink.org%2F&si=5688634727202816&pi=e6b960ef-b2f1-4074-ad41-704f557a2350" target="_blank">Save The Link </a></i></span></span></b></div></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><i>Confidentiality Warning:</i></b><i> This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. 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